Humanity

 

In the face of darkness, we rarely ever feel that there is anything that can pull us back. We feel as if our lives have ended. As if the stress has become too much. As life in itself has become too much. As if we can’t handle anymore.

We shut down. We hide from the world. We turn off our humanity. We flip the so-called switch and pretend like we don’t feel anything because we are too afraid to. We are too afraid to open up. Too afraid to let people in. And most certainly too afraid to show that we care.

For a while, we think it works. We think that we have figured out how to not be who we essentially are. Let me tell you a secret. Your humanity can never be switched off.

It’s in the way we look. It’s in the way we talk. It’s even in the way we move. As much as we try to hide our emotions, we can’t. It’s not possible. If you believe you can, you’re only fooling yourself. I’ll admit that some people are better at it than others. That some people have pretty amazing poker faces. But I can assure you that if someone looks closely enough they can see right through the façade.

The photographs I have taken over the course of this past week are all pictures that represent this idea.

Photo Portfolio